diff --git a/config/initializers/pdfkit.rb b/config/initializers/pdfkit.rb
index b38887c6e..d7bbc64b8 100644
--- a/config/initializers/pdfkit.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/pdfkit.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 PDFKit.configure do |config|
-  config.wkhtmltopdf = "#{Rails.root}/vendor/bin/wkhtmltopdf"
+  installed = %x(which wkhtmltopdf).chomp
+  if installed == "" then
+    installed = "#{Rails.root}/vendor/bin/wkhtmltopdf"
+  end
+  config.wkhtmltopdf = installed
   config.default_options = {
     page_size: 'A4',
     quiet: true